Denver’s 13th Floor tops list of country’s best haunted houses

There’s no shortage of books about Denver and Colorado’s haunted past, but apparently we also have one of the best fun-haunted-houses in the country.

HauntWorld, a fright-fest industry publication and website that ranks and lists hundreds of haunted houses around the country (and world), today named Denver’s 13th Floor and Asylum haunted houses as the best in the country for 2013, beating out elaborately-themed attractions like Philadelphia’s Bates Motel and Atlanta’s Netherworld.

“There’s a group who runs the biggest franchise of haunted houses in America, and they specialize in being the scariest in America too,” the company said today. “13th Floor Haunted Houses are located in Denver, San Antonio and Phoenix Arizona and each attraction is designed and built by the team behind House of Torment and The Asylum. The Asylum also located in Denver is one of the most detailed haunted houses in America.”

Of course, it benefits HauntWorld to highlight these attractions since, as they point out in their press materials, “The fastest growing industry in America is the Halloween industry,” which has ballooned over the last decade from $1 billion to nearly $10 billion.

But we have a feeling they know what they’re talking about, so we’ll trust them when they throw some love our way. The elaborate list also gives a nod to Denver’s Asylum for “best actors” and includes other picks for best outdoor attractions, best haunted trails and hayrides, and the best year-round haunted houses.

Check out the full list and see if any of your other out-of-state favorites made it.

Equally as important: which scary Denver and Colorado attractions deserve to be on there but weren’t?

They’re still tops in 2013, according to HauntWorld. I mistakenly linked to a list from 2011, but the new list ranking the 13th Floor as the best in the country in 2013 has now been linked in the text.